Price marking ticket



April 1-6, 1940. H. G. BALTHASAR PRICE MARKING. TICKET Filed Dec. 15, 1937 I 1NVENTOR..

BY 7 W ATTORNEY-9' Patented Apr. 16, 1940 PRICE MARKING TICKET Harry G. Balthasar, W

est Tower'Park, Ohio, as-

signor, by mesne assignments, to The Sprayomatic Products Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, a

corporation of Ohio Application December 15, 1937,5erial No. 179,974

10 Claims.

This invention relates to price marking tags 7 or tickets and to means for securing the sameto merchandise. More particularly, the invention relates to tags or tickets adapted to be attached r to greeting cards or the like.

The structure of a price tag for use on a greeting card and the attachment of the price tag thereto involve problems entirely different from those attendant the construction of a price tag for use on other types of merchandise, such as garments and the attachment of the price tag thereto. The fine paper and artistic designs embodied in greeting cards would be damaged if the card were at all marked. This type of merl5 be saleable. It has been found in the-past that the application of price through the use of the customary clips, indented 1 or otherwisemarked the edge of the card.

53;: It has been the object of the present inventor to provide a price marking tag or ticket adapted to be applied to flat merchandise. such as greetlng cards or the'like. This tag can be readily applied to the edge of the merchandisewithout marking the card in any way, and, at the same time, it employs a metal clip structure which provides the holding action requisite for maintaining the price ticket in place without contact of the metal with the card. I

It hasbeen a further object of the present inventor to provide these tickets so that they may be stacked either loosely in cartons, which may be readily insertedin a dispensing machine for dispensing the tickets directly from the cartons, orin continuous strip form which may be readily inserted in the magazine of a dispenser for delivery to an attachment point and with respect to a cut-off knife active for severing each ticket as it is applied.

The concept resulting from these objectives, generally speaking, takes physical form in a folded paper structure adapted to engage over the edge of the greeting card and including as afixed part of the ticket, a metal clip, which imparts a holding force to the ticket sufficient for holding it in place upon the greeting card without contact of the metal with the card. The tickets, in gang strip length, are folded some' what after the manner of the pleats of an accordion.

Other objects and advantages will be more fully apparent from the drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of the price marking ticket of this invention, showing it applied to a greeting card.

chandise must be absolutely perfect in order to tags to greeting cards,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2,, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a side view of a portion of a strip of tickets.

Figure 4 is a view taken similar to Figure 3, but showing the accordion pleated strip of tickets drawn out and for illustrative purposes, a portion in section.

Figure 5 is a sectional View taken on line 5-5 of Figure 4. c

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken on lined-4i of Figure 4.

Figure '7 is a front'view of a modified form of ticket.

Figure 8 is a sectional view taken on line 8-8 of Figure '1'.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of the ticket and the metal clip showing them separated.

Figure 10 is a sectional View taken on line Ill-40 of the clip of Figure 9.

Referring to the drawing, the individual tickets, one of which is shown at 35, consists. in each instance, of an'overlappedor folded piece of heavy paper or cardboard, providing flaps 36-36. One or both flaps may contain the price information shown at 31.

s PATENT OFFICE 4 The metal clip, indicated, at 38, conslsts of a strip of metal folded upon itself and engaged over the folded edge of the ticket. This clip is indented on both exposed faces, as at 39. The indentations may be a little off center relative to one another, as shown in Figure 2, so that a better gripping actionis imparted to the card to be marked. Accordingly, when the greeting card, indicated at 40, is inserted between the flaps of the ticket, the gripping or spring action of the clip on the ticket fixes the ticket to the greeting card. I

The clip may include slightly inturned inner edges 4| (see Figure 10) adapted to be imbedded in the ticket to provide greater friction for holding the clip in position.

As shown in Figures 3 to 6 inclusive, the tickets may be provided in continuous strip form. That is to say, instead of being cut up into individual tickets, an accordion pleated strip 43, with metal clips engaged over the folded edges along one side of the strip, is provided. This gang strip may be used in an appropriate machine provided with a knife to sever the individual tickets from the gang as they are applied to the greeting card. Such a machine is disclosed in the copending application, filed February 2, 1940, Serial No. 317,040.

Figures 7, 8, and 9 disclose the single ticket;

strip,

that is, one which is a separate unit and is not provided as part of a strip. This single type ticket, indicated at 44, may have its rear flap shorter than the front flap tofacilitate insertion of the greeting card between them.

Either'type, the gang strip or the single tag, may be provided with the guide notches lfi fi shown in Figures 7 and 9. The guidenotches serve to align the tags when they are stacked in the magazine of a card dispensing machine.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A price marking ticket assembly, comprising, a strip of heavy paper, accordion pleated, and metal clips engaged over the folds of the paper along one side of the strip.

2. A price tag comprising, a folded strip of paper material, and a folded strip of metal, said strip of metal engaged over the folded edge of the strip of paper and including means for preventing easy detachment.

3. A price tag for greeting cards or the like, consisting of a folded strip of material bearing printing, and a folded-strip of flexible strip material engaged over the folded edge of the first mentioned strip of material and including indented portions engaging the first mentioned strip of material for preventing easy detachmenttherefrom, said price tag attachable to the greeting card merely by engagement over the edge thereof.

4. A price tag for a greeting card or the like, comprising, a folded strip of paper material, a folded strip of metal engaged over the folded edge of the strip of paper material, and indentations in said metal strip engaging said paper material.

5. Price marking tickets, comprising, a strip of accordion pleated paper, metal clips engaged over the folds of the paper along one side of the one flap of each ticket including a clearance notch in the outer end of the flap adjacent the fold connecting the respective tickets opposite to the folds carrying the clips.

6. A price marking ticket assembly, comprisczing, a strip of accordion pleated paper, metal clips engaged over the folds of the paper along one side of the strip, notches in the side edges of the series of tickets thus formed, one flap of each ticket including a notch in the outer end of the flap and adjacent to the fold connecting therespective tickets opposite to the fold carrying the clip.

7. A tag comprising a strip folded upon itself to clasp over a margin of the goods to be tagged, and a correspondingly formed sheet metal clip clasped over the folded edge of the tag, the

lapped portions of said clip including burred inner v edges adapted to penetrate into the tag material to secure the clip in place thereon. I

8. An article of manufacture comprising, a

strip lapped or folded upon itselfin continuous.

zig-zag formation, each pair of lapped portions having a metal clip clasped over the folded edges thereof forming a plurality of tags, each of which is joined along the opposite folded edges of said lapped portions, said strip adapted to be severed along said joined portions. I

9. An article of manufacture comprising, a:

folded upon itself in continuous strip lapped or zig-zag formation, each pair of lapped portions engaged by one of a plurality of clips along one side of said zig-zag strip, each of prising a metal strip folded upon over the folded edge of each pair of lapped portions forming'a plurality of tags, each alternate fold including a notch at the opposite side of said itself to clasp zig-zag strip terminating along the line of fold of said strip, each successive tag being joined by the material remaining on opposite sides of said notch.

10. A strip of paper providing a series of price said clips com ssf" marking tickets, said strip of paper divided into sections folded upon themselves, metal clips engaged over the folds of the sections along one side of the strip, clearance notch in the outer end of the flap ade jacent the fold connecting the respective sectionsf opposite the folds carrying the clips.

HARRY G. BALTHASAR.

one flap of each section including a 

